<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><base href="x-msg://235/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Scott Tirrell <<a href="mailto:stirrell@MIT.EDU">stirrell@MIT.EDU</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>2013 Abe Fellowship Competition</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">July 23, 2013 10:17:00 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:gradofficers@mit.edu">gradofficers@mit.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:gradofficers@mit.edu">gradofficers@mit.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gradadmins@mit.edu">gradadmins@mit.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:gradadmins@mit.edu">gradadmins@mit.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Dear Graduate Officers and Graduate Administrators,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Please forward the following opportunity among your students as appropriate:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b> </b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>2013 Abe Fellowship Competition</b><o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; "><a href="http://abe.createsend5.com/t/y-l-tykukkd-ykdytkuihy-z/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">Social Science Research Council (SSRC)</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); ">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">the</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "><a href="http://abe.createsend5.com/t/y-l-tykukkd-ykdytkuihy-v/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><b><span style="color: rgb(86, 143, 194); text-decoration: none; "> </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue; ">Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)</span></a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announce the annual Abe Fellowship competition. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; "><a href="http://abe.createsend5.com/t/y-l-tykukkd-ykdytkuihy-e/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">Abe Fellowship</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; "><a href="http://abe.createsend5.com/t/y-l-tykukkd-ykdytkuihy-s/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">Abe Fellowship Program</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; "><a href="http://abe.createsend5.com/t/y-l-tykukkd-ykdytkuihy-g/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">Click here</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">for information on the most recent Abe Fellows.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Fellowship Terms<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Terms of the fellowship are flexible and are designed to meet the needs of Japanese and American researchers at different stages in their careers. The program provides Abe Fellows with a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>minimum of 3</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>maximum of 12 months</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>full-time support over a 24 month period.</b><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Part-time residence abroad in the United States or Japan is required.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Eligibility</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); "><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 13.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Applicants must:<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 13.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>citizens or permanent residents</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>United States and Japan</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Nationals of other countries MUST demonstrate a serious, long-term affiliation with research communities in the United States or Japan.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 13.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">hold a Ph.D. or the terminal degree</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in their field,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>or equivalent professional experience at the time of application</b>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Applications from researchers in professions other than academia are encouraged.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Call for Applications as well as additional information about the Abe Fellowship is available at<a href="http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe-fellowship/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/abe-<span style="color: blue; ">fellowship</span>/</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Contact SSRC staff at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; "><a href="mailto:abe@ssrc.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">abe@ssrc.org</span></a>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Best,<br>Scott<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: none; padding: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Scott Tirrell<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Manager of Graduate Fellowships<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">NSF Coordinating Official<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Office of the Dean of Graduate Education<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Building 35-336<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">127 Massachusetts Ave.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Cambridge, MA 02139<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Phone: 617-324-7021<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "></p></div></div></blockquote></div><br>
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